The project includes upgrades of existing lines plus building a new line through 50 miles of largely pristine western Maine forests. Read More
Check out the latest standings across all classes for the 2019 Maine high school basketball tournament. Read More
Essential Reads
Allegations that the Thorndike Fire Department leadership is unprofessional and has endangered the lives of firefighters from other communities are having an incendiary effect on the small town and its volunteer-run department. Read More
No one will ever know how Kaiser, a 5-year-old king shepherd, made his way from Ashby, Massachusetts, to South Paris over the past eight months, but Tom Woollacott and his two small children don’t really care. They're just happy to have him back. Read More
If Downtown Bangor Coordinator Betsy Lundy gets her way, there will be a giant water slide down Park Street this summer, along with a 60-foot-wide tethered helium balloon hovering above Pickering Square, offering rides. Read More
A growing number of Americans are concerned — alarmed even — about climate change, a recent survey found. This is good news and bad news. Read More
The last time George Stevens Academy of Blue Hill lost a tournament game, there were only four classes of Maine high school basketball, and what now is known as the North was still considered Eastern Maine. Read More
Since last summer, a consultant has been working with Hampden officials, residents and business owners to determine how a certain stretch of town can be made into a more inviting downtown — a town center. Read More
Friday was Vaughn Smith’s 83rd birthday. Meeting the Marginally Famous Bangor Police Department Duck of Justice WAS on his bucket-list. Vaughn has a duck puppet. Nope, not kidding. Melody thought it was real. I still do. Vaughn is an artist. Vaughn’s wife and daughter came with him on this momentous… Read More
